单词 | to conceive well, ill, etc |
释义 | > as lemmasto conceive well, ill, etc. (of) b. intransitive. to conceive well, ill, etc. (of): to form a specified opinion (of); to think well, ill, etc., of. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > evaluation, estimation, appraisal > estimate [phrase] > value at specific rate to set (so) little (or lite), (so) much (or mickle, a great deal), less, least, more, most byc1374 to set at (much, little) storec1386 to set (great, etc.) store byc1386 to set little, more, nought, not, of1390 to make much (also little, nothing, too much, etc.) of (or on)c1395 accounta1450 to set greatly, littly, lightly, so, etc. by1530 to conceive well, ill, etc. (of)1535 count1602 to set —— value on also upon1625 1535 S. Matthew Serm. XXVII. June sig. C.viii Being condemned, and the kinges prisoners, yet [they] ceassed not to conceyue yll of our souerayne. 1576 A. Fleming tr. Cicero in Panoplie Epist. 44 In whome..I reposed such hope..and beganne also to conceive of him as well as heart could thinke. 1582 T. Watson Ἑκατομπαθία: Passionate Cent. Loue Ep. Ded. sig. A3v Of whome long since they had conceiued well. 1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 155 Neither let any conceive offensively if they are not here remembred. 1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. xl. 98 I am the rather induced to conceive charitably of those times. 1679 W. Penn Addr. Protestants ii. sig. Qv Those, who conceive well of those Moral good things. 1735 Let. in Narr. Proc. those Ministers County Hampshire (1736) 20 Any Person, that has conceived ill of Religion or Revelation on my Account. 1784 Parl. Reg. 1781–96 XVI. 309 He had originally conceived well of Mr. Hastings. 1856 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Oct. 435/2 Because he put them down by the sword, he supposed he had put them down effectually.., not conceiving well of moral force. 1909 A. N. Wollaston Tales within Tales xix. 19 Back-biting enemies might have played only a subsidiary part in inducing His Majesty to conceive ill of so devoted a servant. < as lemmas |
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